Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin’s Democratic presidential primary, bolstering his bid to slow the front-runner’s march toward the party nomination and extending a string of victories.
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According to ABC News estimates calculated before tonight’s vote, Clinton had a total of 1,712 delegates and Sanders had a total of 1,011 delegates.
Clinton appeared resigned to defeat in Wisconsin, apparently resting assured that a Sanders win there wouldn’t pose much of a threat to her ability to clinch the Democratic nomination for president.
“Momentum is: Starting this campaign 11 months ago and the media determining we were a ‘fringe candidacy.’ Momentum is: Starting the campaign 60 to 70 points behind Secretary Clinton”. Clinton drew majority support from those ages 45 and older (56 percent to 43 percent for Sanders).
Sanders held a boisterous rally Tuesday night in Wyoming, the site of Democratic caucuses Saturday.
Sanders spent nine days total in the state and jammed 17 events in during that time.
Clinton and Sanders will face off in the Empire State, Clinton’s home turf, on April 19. A loss there would be a major political blow for Clinton, who represented the state for eight years in the Senate. “But I have 2/2 million more votes than he does”, Clinton said on “The View” on Tuesday morning. A survey released Monday by the Emerson College Polling Society indicated that Sanders had an 8-point lead over Clinton, a significant change from an identical poll conducted about 10 days prior that showed Clinton besting her competitor by 6 points. Clinton has the edge both in pledged delegates and the party insiders known as superdelegates.
31 percent would like to see more liberal policies.
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Age is another factor, as Sanders has done well so far among young voters, compared to Clinton, who has done well among seniors. The paper lambasted the senator for his position opposing legal liability for gunmakers after the massacre at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school in 2012.
